Got into HBS and GSB - partner is in NYC and family is DC/NYC. Previously in quant AM looking to pivot to traditional investment management. Unsure of what to pick (incredibly grateful to be in this position) as GSB seems like a good place to be given the AI boom and wins most cross-admits but HBS is close to home and has a wider network.

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Come to gsb! I have many previous quant at gsb who I can connect you with

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Do HBS you’ll still most likely end up in NY post MBA if that’s the path you want to go. What sector are you in?

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Oh I’m trying to pivot out of quant into more traditional investment management but very true, quants want PhDs

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1) Market demand can be pretty telling.

Applying to a top mba is a time intensive expensive process (getting lors, essays, scores, ecs etc) and you know you’re competing against top talent who are doing well enough that they too have the audacity to aim out all that effort into the app and aim at the highest best of best tier (HSW > my7)

Yet the application demand from this cohort for these programs may surprise people.

HBS receives ~20% more apps than GSB (some years Wharton and even CBS does as well). CBS inflates their numbers with j term, but GSB (which many GSBers believe is best or at worst tied w HBS at #1) receiving 1/5 less applicant volume than HBS and similar to Wharton most years is telling.

2) GSB / HBS cross admits

I’d be careful when comparing GSB / HBS cross admits when making this decision

Cross admits are a very specific type of candidate

More often then not they have some social impact goal and/or are one of the following if not more (URM, female, international, first gen, lgbtq, veteran).

These cross admits are very specific candidates that align more with Stanford’s reputation / ethos

The real test would be the following: if automatically everyone who got into GSB got into HBS and vice versa. Then a more representative sample could choose.

GSB would not like the results.

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